Ship
Ship (Medicine)
Ship (pronounced: /ʃɪp/) is a term used in the field of medicine to refer to the process of transporting medical supplies, equipment, or personnel from one location to another. The term is derived from the Old English 'scip', which means a sea-going vessel.
Etymology
The term 'ship' in the context of medicine is derived from the Old English 'scip', which means a sea-going vessel. This term was used to describe the process of transporting goods or people across the sea. In the medical field, 'ship' has been adapted to refer to the transportation of medical supplies, equipment, or personnel.
Related Terms
- Medical Supply Chain: The network of activities involved in managing and coordinating the flow of medical supplies from manufacturers to healthcare providers.
- Medical Logistics: The process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of medical goods, services, and related information from point of origin to point of consumption.
- Medical Evacuation: The timely and efficient movement and en route care provided by medical personnel to wounded being evacuated from a battlefield, to injured patients being evacuated from the scene of an accident to receiving medical facilities, or to patients at a rural hospital requiring urgent care at a better-equipped facility using medically equipped ground vehicles (ambulances) or aircraft (air ambulances).
- Telemedicine: The use of telecommunication and information technology to provide clinical health care from a distance. It has been used to overcome distance barriers and to improve access to medical services that would often not be consistently available in distant rural communities.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Ship
- Wikipedia's article - Ship
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